Quote from: Kimarhi on Mar 06, 2022, 11:58:37 PM
Disney knows how to make money.
Prometheus tie into Alien and there being no Alien standalone movie for more than a decade got them their sales on that picture. After people saw how underwhelming Covenant was and spread word of mouth, Covenant sales tanked.
Sometimes you can go to experiential, and during covenant I was sitting behind some teens who were practically rolling their eyes and trash talking the movie at the Walter and David scenes.
You can bemoan the prequels all you want (and believe me, I'll join you because I am not a fan), but at least they tried to do something different and move the series in a fresh direction. The problem wasn't the boldness of doing something different (such as exploring the mystery of the Space Jockey species), it was the execution. You can kiss such bold, fresh takes - good or bad - goodbye, now that The Mouse is in charge.
Quote from: Kimarhi on Mar 06, 2022, 11:58:37 PMI think they will keep the Fox label to release R rated pictures and people just wont know now that Fox is Disney, so people won't expect Disney blockbuster for every film. This might let them be a little bit less controlling, since R rated films by their nature are shown to LESS people than PG13 so they shouldn't be expecting as huge of returns.
If Disney releases Aliens as Disney pictures then yes, the Alien as we know it is over.
Yeah, but also note that Star Wars is Lucasfilm, not Disney directly. It's still Disney though and you can expect them to ruin Alien in the same way that they've ruined Star Wars; oversaturation of releases (a TV series and a film already announced) and said releases being as safe and by the numbers as possible.
As you say though, The Mouse certainly knows how to make money; by appealing to the lowest common denominator. Plenty of people love the Star Wars sequel trilogy or the Star Wars TV series (beyond my comprehension as to why exactly because they're all unequivocally trash) and plenty of people just want to see the same thing they've seen a thousand times before, regurgitated onscreen via 'member berries, so yeah, I'm sure Disney will do very well with the Alien franchise in terms of making money. I don't care about money though. I care about artistic expression, over commercial considerations, when it comes to making a film and that's almost certainly not what we'll be getting from here on out.
You want to see what Disney will do with Alien? Look at Star Wars or Marvel. It's EXACTLY the same approach they'll take (just on a smaller level). Some will be happy enough with that. I sure as shit won't though. I appreciate art, not cOnSoOmInG cOnTeNt.